Improvement in safety-frames for children



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Patented Oct; 2751874.

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wTNBssEs y UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIoEo JOSHUA PERKINS, OFDANIELSONVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT |N v SAFETY-FRAMES yFOR CHILDREN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 156,307, dated October27, 1874; application led September 12, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA` PERKINS, of Danielsonville, in the county ofWindham and State of Connecticut, have invented a newl and valuableImprovement in Safety-` Frames for Children; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings making a part of this specification,

land to the letters and figures of reference hinged hasps, rigidlysecured to the upper and lower horizontal rails of an open folding cage,at the edge of one of the free sides thereof, having a perforation intheir ends adapted to receive a pin in a corresponding position on theupper and lower rails of the second free side, whereby the said cage isprevented from opening and releasing the child when acrescent-shapedrotating catch has been turned over the end of the said hasp, therebypreventing its disengagement from the pin, all as will be hereinaftermore fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the four sides of a rectangularinclosure, each consistin g of an upper and lower horizontal rail, a.and a suitable number of vertical rods, a', which are rigidly securedtogether in any suitable manner. The upper and lower rails of the sidesA are mitred, as shown in Fig. 1, for` the purpose of allowing them tobe arranged in quadrangular shape, and are hin ged together at d, b, andc, the remaining edges being left free. The hinge b is applied to theinside of the upper and lower rails of the sides which it connects, bywhich arrangement they are allowed to fold inward upon each other, whilethe hinges d c are applied to the outside of the rails of theirrespective sides, thus allowing them to fold outward only; hence I amenabled to fold up the open cage or parlor to assume the position shownin Fig. 4, when it is not in use. B designates hinged hasps, one ofwhich is rigidly secured to the upper and one to the lower rail of oneof the free sides, having a perforation, p, in its free end, whichreceives within it a pin, i, in a corresponding position on the upperand lower railsvof the other free side, and, when the sides of theparlor are arranged, as shown in Fig. 2, prevents a separation oropening of the inclosure, but as the restless fingers of the child wouldsooner or later detach the hasp from its pin, and escape fromconfinement by pushing the sides apart, I have devised the following asa preventive: When the latch or hasp is engaged over the pin, as shownin Fig. 3, I apply to the top and bottom rails of the side having thepins i a disk, E, having a notch, e, conforming in shape to the end ofthe hasps, and rotating freely upon a pivot, f.

When it is desired to lock the hasps, the

ends of which may be slightly sunken into the' rails, the notch e of thedisk is turned toward the end ofthe hasp, which is then engaged over thepin. A slight turn of the said disk will then cause the unnotchedportionthereof to be brought over the end of the said hasp, eifectuallypreventing its disengagement from the pin and the consequent escape of achild.

It will be seen from the above description that I have invented a safetyparlor for young children, whichis capable of ,being folded, when notdesired for use, in a compact form, and carried from room to room, asthe necessities of the mother require; also, that it serves a veryuseful purpose in the household, in preventing creeping children fromgetting into the fire, falling out of doors or down stairs, and that,being of open construction, the child will be amused with theoccurrences in the apartment, while he is at all times under theobservation of its mother or attendant.

I have preferably constructed the parlor of quadrangular formg-but l donot confine myself to any special shape, but may have them' B, pins i,and the rotating disks E, substanof any shape or material. tially asspecified.

I have also dispensed with a bottom to the In testimony that I claim theabove I have cage, intending that the door of an apartment hereuntosubscribed my name in the presshould serve 1ihat purpose; but I may useone ence of two witnesses. Where such oors are damp or Where from anyother cause it becomes necessary. JOSHUA PERKINS' What I claim as new,and desire to secure Witnesses: by Letters Patent, is- G. I. Ross,

The combination of a fo1dingcage, the hasps M. A. SHUMWAY.

